I was evil. There’s no one to blame but me, says Lindsay Hawker’s killer

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Lindsay Hawker: went to Tatsuya Ichihashi's flat to give a private English lessonHandout/PA

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Tatsuya Ichihashi: written a letter to Lindsay's familyNicholas Razzell

Richard Lloyd ParryTokyo

Last updated at 12:01AM, October 5 2010

The Japanese man accused of murdering the British teacher Lindsay Hawker has
written an agonised confession to her family, apologising for his “evil”
actions and describing his dramatic years as a fugitive from justice.

In the four-page letter written by hand in English and Japanese, a copy of
which has been obtained by The Times, Tatsuya Ichihashi admits
responsibility for the death of Ms Hawker, whose strangled body was found in
his apartment buried in a sand-filled bath. He does not ask for forgiveness
for the killing, which he describes as a cross that he will carry until his
death.